BANGSAMORO NEWS UPDATES

BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi — In an effort to reach out to the most vulnerable populace brought about by the COVID-19 global pandemic crisis, Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Member of the Parliament (MP) Abdullah A. Ahang initiated recently a relief operation to the far-flung barangays of this province.

Ahang said at least 1, 500 households from the island barangays of Sibutu and Sitangkai towns were recipient of food packs distributed by his office.

COTABATO CITY - As the Bangsamoro Parliament's session resumes on June 16, the minority bloc filed a resolution expressing the full support of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority for the Balik Probinsya program of the national government.

COTABATO CITY — Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament Speaker Ali Pangalian M. Balindong continues his commitment to assist our frontliners by providing on Saturday, May 30, 2020 KN95 masks to at least two (2) district hospitals and four (4) rural health units (RHUs) in the province of Lanao del Sur.

Balindong said they distributed a total of four thousand (4,000) KN95 masks to Dr. Serapio B. Montañer Jr. Al-Haj Memorial Hospital, Balindong District Hospital and the RHUs of Kapatagan, Ditsaan-Ramain, Balabagan and Picong.

COTABATO CITY --- Officials in Basilan have fused ranks to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Tipo-Tipo town where a residents tested positive to the disease last week.

In a statement Monday, the governor’s office said the mayor of Tipo-Tipo, Arcam Istarul, has placed the entire municipality under enhanced community quarantine, or ECQ, while efforts to trace who the patient may have interfaced with are underway.

COTABATO CITY --- Maguindanao shall soon be split into two smaller provinces.

Maguindanao 2nd District Rep. Esmael Mangudadatu told reporters Tuesday the House of Representatives has approved on third reading House Bill 6413 that he authored, meant to divide the province into two smaller provinces.

Maguindanao 1st District Rep. Ronnie Sinsuat has also filed a separate parallel bill seeking the creation of Northern and Southern Maguindanao provinces out of the original Maguindanao province that has 36 municipalities.

COTABATO CITY – The Bangsamoro Government, through its Ministry of Health (MOH), has provided cash assistance to the casualties and affected families of the mortar shelling incident in Datu Saudi Ampatuan in Maguindanao.

MOH Minister Dr. Saffrullah Dipatuan on May 26, gave P50,000.00 cash to the family of the two (2) minors who died during the incident; P30,000.00 each to seven (7) of the victims who are badly injured; and P5,000.00 to each of the nine (9) individuals who sustained minor wounds.

COTABATO CITY – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will be placed under Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) starting June 1 until June 15, 2020, pursuant to the newly released Resolution No. 41 of the National Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19).

According to BARMM Spokesperson Atty. Naguib Sinarimbo during an interview on Radyo Bangsamoro on Saturday, the decision is the direction of the national government for most regions in the Philippines that are not heavily affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.